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Authorities arrested two minors in conjunction with a carjacking in Pennsport.
As first detailed in the July 28 South Philly Review, just after midnight July 26, the complainant was parking her car near Front and Morris streets when teenagers on bikes demanded her cash and keys. Obtaining the items, they sped off to Southwest Philly, with authorities initially spotting them at 77th Street and Essington Avenue. A second sighting occurred at 56th Street and Springfield Avenue, with officers not giving chase when the adolescents fled at a dangerous speed. The offenders escaped on foot, reportedly leaving behind two guns, after the vehicle slammed into eight automobiles at 48th Street and Springfield Avenue.
According to Detective Danielle Tolliver, of South Detectives Division, an investigation and witness cooperation led to the arrest of the teenagers, whom they charged with criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, making terroristic threats, robbery, and carjacking.
